iTues #5 - "Beatle Girls"

Upon listening to The Beatles' eponymous 1968 ("white") album recently, it struck me that it contains four songs with a woman's name in the title. Further thought made me realise that there were several others over the years also - perhaps more than I'd noticed from any other band.

I decided to make a mix of these songs with the following two stipulations: the song had to appear on one of The Beatles' original UK studio LP releases and had to be an original composition by (members of) The Beatles. With this in mind I came up with the following compilation mix (which you can download here):

1. "Dear Prudence" (from 'The Beatles' - 1968)

2. "Lovely Rita" (from 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' - 1967)

3. "Michelle" (from 'Rubber Soul' - 1965)

4. "Martha My Dear" (from 'The Beatles' - 1968)

5. "Polythene Pam" (from 'Abbey Road' - 1969)

6. "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" (from 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' - 1967)

7. "Julia" (from 'The Beatles' - 1968)

8. "Eleanor Rigby" (from 'Revolver' - 1966)

9. "Sexy Sadie" (from 'The Beatles' - 1968)

All are great songs with at least half being genuine Beatles classics; in fact, "Dear Prudence" is very possibly my favourite Beatles song of all. Enjoy.